Saturday, May 24th, 2008 « A Mother’s Journal

A New Doll Clothes Chest

By Lynn, on May 24th, 2008%

On my thrift store hunts, I am always looking for something inexpensive that I can take home and turn into something really useful and pretty. I spotted something like that not long ago.

This well-made wooden chest is exactly the right size for a child’s room — think Princess of the Universe — and it was only 3 dollars! It’s just that the ducks have to go, and I’m not crazy about this color of wood either. Oh, I was in the 80s when it was so popular, but not now. So out comes the spray primer and the antique ivory spray paint.

The dolls sit happily on top of the chest. I like that this chest can also be used as a step stool for Princess of the Universe to get things from her closet or to climb up onto the bed.

And what doll family doesn’t need a pretty wooden chest for their doll clothes? It might even be nice to throw in a sachet filled with lavender from the garden.

Lynn

I am the mother of four delightful children: a 23-year-old son, a 20-year-old son, a 17-year-old son, and a bright and bubbly 13-year-old daughter. I share an apartment home with my 17-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. My little home on the internet is called Rose Cottage because of my love for gardening, roses, and all things romantic and Victorian. Welcome.

I'm a North Carolina girl and I love sharing North Carolina links and information. I do medical transcription from home. My hobbies include making sweet little dolls from clay who are named and have their own stories to tell. I also make old-fashioned brooches. These are for sale in my Etsy shop.

For 13 years continuously, I homeschooled some or all of our four children, but the time came that our homeschool had to be closed. It was the end of a beautiful chapter in my life. I will always be a strong supporter of homeschooling and I will continue to review books and maintain my homeschool website, The Healthy Homeschool.

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
William Henry Channing
1810-1884